▪ Abstract Nonindigenous species can bring about a form of extinction of native flora and
fauna by hybridization and introgression either through purposeful introduction by humans …

Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island
environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread continental species, islands are …

The availability or lack of nutrients shapes ecosystems in fundamental ways. From forest
productivity to soil fertility, from the diversity of animals to the composition of microbial …

Tropical island ecosystems appear to be especially vulnerable to invasive species as
indicated by the often high numbers and percentages of exotic species on oceanic and …

Giant Galápagos tortoises represent an interesting model for the study of patterns of genetic
divergence and adaptive differentiation related to island colonization events. Recent …

Within the last five million years, the Hawallan archipelago has successively added 14,
spaced, subaerial volcanoes at Its southeast end. Each has received endemic terrestrial …

Abstract Research on the Hawaiian Drosophilidae has been ongoing for more than four
decades and has served as a model system for understanding mechanisms of speciation …

A match between floral and pollinator traits, such as that between unique island plants and
pollinators, is often thought to be the product of pollinator-mediated selection. I examined …

The impact of alien species on native organisms is a cause for concern worldwide, with
biological invasions commonplace today. Suppression efforts targeting many invasive …

Ants had been absent from the Hawaiian Islands before their human introduction. Today
they cause severe alterations of ecosystems and displace native biota. Due to their strong …